SourceCAMP FOSTER, USA, April 14, 2002: Thanks to the efforts of Chaturbhuj N. Gidwani, the Okinawa American Hindu population has formed a Hindu study group and meets twice a week on U.S. military bases at Kadena Air Base and Camp Foster, according to this report from last year. “There are many people in the military with an Indian background. I…
SourcePARIS, FRANCE, August 28, 2003: The Sri Manika Vinayakar Alayam temple in Paris is celebrating its annual chariot festival for Lords Ganesha and Murugan on September 7, 2003. Originally scheduled for August 31, around Ganesha Chaturti, it was postponed at the request of the government due to the World Athletic Championships being held in the city that same week. Every…
SourceLUCKNOW, INDIA, August 25, 2003: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said a temple-like “massive structure” existed beneath the disputed site in Ayodhya in its 574-page report. The ASI report, submitted on August 22, was opened by the three-member Full Bench, comprising Justice SR Alam, Justice Khem Karan and Justice Bhanwar Singh on Monday. The bench has given six-week time…
News ReportDELHI, INDIA, August 25, 2003: The NCERT has dismissed eminent historians’ allegations that its new history text books are “saffronised.” The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an apex resource organization set up by the Government of India, with headquarters at New Delhi, to assist and advise the Central and State Governments on academic matters related…
SourceKOLKATA, INDIA, August 18, 2003: Pilgrims and tourists alike now have a third option for transportation if they choose to visit Belur Math in West Bengal. On August 16 of this year, Rail Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated a rail link service to the historic site where Sri Ramakrishna lived. Previously the article points out, “This architectural splendor of West Bengal…
SourceNEW DELHI, INDIA, August 11, 2003: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee spoke candidly about female feticide in the country and appealed to the public at large to stop the practice. Delivering his speech at a function to give away the fifth Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh award, Vajpayee said, “More than 1.5 million cases of female feticide have taken place in the…
SourceBANGALORE, INDIA, August 22, 2003: Come Ganesh Chaturthi, and Bangaloreans will be treated to a new interpretation of one of the most popular Hindu Gods next week. This has fired the imagination of Rajeev Bhat, a city biotechnologist and a self-taught artist. He has interpreted Lord Ganesha in his paintings using human genes and chromosome images. He has scientifically presented…
SourceAYODHYA, INDIA, August 23, 2003: A bomb exploded inside a temple near the Ram Janmabhoomi site here on Friday night damaging its roof and side walls, police said on Saturday. However, no casualties were reported in the explosion inside the Nishad temple in Katra locality at around midnight, they said, adding the temple was situated not far from the acquired…
SourceNEW DELHI, INDIA, August 14, 2003: A long-standing controversy in favor of women has been resolved by the Supreme Court. At one time, if a Hindu married woman died intestate (that is, with no written will) or issueless (without children), her husband or father-in-law could lay claim to her estate even if such assets originated from her birth family. In…
SourceCHENNAI, INDIA, August 22, 2003: A self-styled Swedish holy man who built an ashram in India has been arrested and faces deportation. Harold Davidson, 45, built the ashram illegally on a two-acre plot in Mallayapuram, in southern Tamil Nadu state. It has a massive statue of Garuda, the holy eagle that is associated with the Lord Vishnu. Davidson came to…